February 24, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 52º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were 5 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.41 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west northwest at 10-20 mph and gusts to 30 mph.

The low today was 33ºF and the high was 66ºF. There was a shower sometime before 6 PM and at 6 PM the temperature was 40ºF, it was mostly cloudy with winds 4 mph from the west and the barometer read 29.86". 
                          
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 40's with clear skies.   
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.  
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 50º F, the high was 64º F, and 0.59" of precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                  High            Low
                 ------------   ------------    
Normal (KBWG)     52ºF            31ºF
Record (KBWG)     74°F (1875)      7°F (1914)

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City. The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville. (2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

2/23/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.48" at Monterey. There were 301 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.22" at Gallatin. 
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Victoria. There were 499 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.24" at Monroe. There were 113 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.0" at Houghton.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.08" at Buchanan. The most new snow reported was 0.7" at Buchanan.  
   
So far 7031 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.87" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 17.0" at Neihart, Montana.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 41.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

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